Electricity supply restored to all consumers in Kyiv
10 January 22:12
As of Saturday evening, January 10, power has been restored to all consumers in Kyiv. The capital is gradually returning to its scheduled power outage schedule.
This was announced by Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Mykola Kolisnyk, according to "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Energy.
He said that energy companies are continuing restoration work and gradually stabilizing the power system, moving from emergency outages to scheduled hourly schedules.
According to him, despite the consequences of massive attacks by the Russian Federation and bad weather, Ukraine’s power system remains united, intact, and operates in parallel with the European power system (ENTSO-E).
According to the deputy head of the Ministry of Energy, the system is balanced using all available resources—domestic generation, electricity imports, and forced measures to limit consumption.
“In the capital, energy companies restored power to 648,000 customers in 24 hours. In the Kyiv region, power was restored to 313,000 families in 24 hours. Of these, 90,000 were left without power as a result of hostilities, and another 223,000 due to difficult weather conditions. As of this evening, about 60,000 consumers remain without power,” Kolisnyk said.
He also added that after another night attack by the Russian Federation, the situation in the Dnipropetrovsk region remains difficult. Currently, 53,000 subscribers in the region are without power.
At the same time, thanks to emergency repair work, more than 40,000 consumers have been reconnected today.
“The most difficult situation continues to be in the frontline and border regions with Russia, in particular in Donetsk region, where emergency blackouts are being used due to constant enemy strikes on power transmission and distribution networks,” added the deputy head of the Ministry of Energy.
Mykola Kolisnyk also stressed that the weather had a significant impact on the power system. In particular, freezing rain, wet snow, ice, and strong gusts of wind led to power line breaks and additional power outages.
According to him, as of 16:00, 366 settlements in several regions remained completely or partially without power due to difficult weather conditions. The largest number of settlements were in Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.
